W3C Last Call for HTML5 Review

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sends out last call for public review of HTML5 specifications.

"By issuing a Last Call announcement, the HTML Working Group encourages people to comment on the extent to which they believe that technical requirements have been met and significant dependencies with groups inside and outside W3C have been satisfied," the announcement says.

Comments are welcome until August 3rd on the following document sections:

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